Famous Deaths for Year 1688

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Deaths 1 - 22 of 22

Feb 2nd - Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
Feb 17th - Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
Mar 9th - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89
May 9th - Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
May 14th - Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)
May 22nd - Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70
Jun 3rd - Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66
Jun 5th - Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667)
Jun 8th - Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
Jun 26th - Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
Jul 11th - King Narai of Siam (b. 1629)
Jul 19th - Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
Jul 21st - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
Aug 25th - Henry Morgan, Welsh lt-governor of Jamaica
Aug 31st - John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies
Sep 2nd - Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
Oct 6th - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)
Oct 16th - Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68
Oct 23rd - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610)
Nov 26th - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant Indiscreet), dies at 53
Dec 15th - Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
Dec 23rd - Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21


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